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NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / August 2, 2018 / CNX Resources Corporation (NYSE: CNX ) will be discussing their earnings results in their Q2 Earnings Call to be held on August 2, 2018 at 10:00 AM Eastern ...

As of July 25, Reuters reported that of the 32 analysts covering Southwestern Energy (SWN), ~3% of analysts have “strong buy” and ~13% of analysts have “buy” recommendations on the stock. Around 68% of analysts have “hold” recommendations, and ~16% have “sell” recommendations on SWN. There aren’t any “strong sell” recommendations on the stock.

On July 30, a Reuters survey showed that OPEC’s crude oil production increased by 70,000 bpd (barrels per day) to 32.64 MMbpd in July—compared to the previous month. The rise in OPEC’s crude oil production pressured oil prices. Brent and WTI oil prices fell 1.1% and 2%, respectively, on July 31.

For Q2 2018, Southwestern Energy (SWN) expects total production in a range of 225–233 Bcfe (billion cubic feet equivalent). On a year-over-year basis, Southwestern Energy’s second-quarter 2018 production guidance is ~4% higher when compared with Q2 2017 production of 222 Bcfe. Even sequentially, Southwestern Energy’s Q2 2018 production guidance is higher by ~1% when compared with Q1 2018 production of 226 Bcfe.

In Q1 2018, 140 funds bought CNX Resources (CNX), which means they either created new positions or added to existing positions in the stock. In the same quarter, 128 funds sold the stock and either closed their entire position or reduced existing positions of CNX stock. That means that total buying funds outnumbered selling funds by 12 during the second quarter. As of March 31, 283 funds that filed the 13F form held CNX in their portfolio. Out of these, nine funds had CNX in their top ten holdings.

As of July 26, ten analysts were covering CNX Resources (CNX). Of these analysts, ~40% of these analysts have “strong buy” and ~10% of the analysts had “buy” recommendations. Around 50% of analysts had “hold” recommendations on the stock. There aren’t any “sell” or “strong sell” recommendations on the stock.

CNX Resources (CNX) beat the consensus EPS estimates in Q2 2017 and Q1 2018 but missed EPS estimates in Q3 2017 and Q4 2017. Thus, in the last four quarters, CNX beat the consensus EPS estimate 50% of the time and missed the consensus EPS estimate 50% of the time.

CNX Resources (CNX) didn’t give specific production guidance for Q2 2018. However, in its Q1 2018 earnings press release, CNX Resources provided guidance on its full-year 2018 production. For full-year 2018, CNX expects total production in a range of 500–525 Bcfe (billion cubic feet equivalent), which represents a midpoint increase of ~26% from the production of 407 Bcfe in 2017.

Of the seven analysts covering California Resources (CRC) on July 23, ~14% recommended “strong buy,” ~14% recommended “buy,” and ~72% recommended “hold.” Their median target price for CRC was $39, which was ~3% lower than its July 23 price of $40.30. Their highest target price for CRC was $70, and their lowest was $29. In the last three months, analysts’ median target price for CRC has increased from $24.50 to $39.

As of July 19, Reuters reported that 26 analysts are covering Marathon Oil (MRO) stock. About 19% of them have given MRO a “strong buy,” and 42% have rated it a “buy.” About 39% of the analysts have recommended a “hold.” There are no “sell” or “strong sell” recommendations for the stock.

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As we saw in the previous part of this series, Southwestern Energy’s (SWN) stock price had decreased ~2% from July 9 to July 13. Natural gas (BOIL) prices fell almost 4%. So SWN’s stock price outperformed natural gas prices last week. In this part of our series, we’ll look at the correlation between SWN’s stock and natural gas prices.

The EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) released its gasoline inventory data on July 5. The EIA reported that US gasoline inventories decreased by 1.5 MMbbls (million barrels) to 239.7 MMbbls on June 22–29. However, the inventories increased by 2,388,000 barrels or 1% YoY (year-over-year).

As we saw in the previous part of this series, Southwestern Energy’s (SWN) stock price had decreased by ~1% from June 26 to July 2. Natural gas (BOIL) prices fell 2%. So SWN’s stock price outperformed natural gas prices last week. In this part of our series, we’ll look at the correlation between SWN’s stock and natural gas prices.